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Dance staff (temes)
Dance staff (temes)
Dance staff (temes)
DepartmentAsia

Dance staff (temes)

NameStaff
Artist Artist not recorded
DateEarly 20th century
Place madeMalampa, Vanuatu, Melanesia, Oceania
MediumWood, boars tusks, bark cloth, clay, natural pigments
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.1970.34.14
Object numberFA.1970.34.14
DescriptionShort staff topped with a large head of dark brown with large boars tusks protruding from the sides of the mouth, wide round eyes with black eyeballs, a red nose and forehead.
Funerary figure
Artist not recorded
Early 20th century
Funerary figure
Artist not recorded
Early 20th century
Ancestor or gable figure from an ancestor house
Artist not recorded
Mid-20th century (before 1970)
Ancestor or gable figure from an ancestor house
Artist not recorded
Mid-20th century (before 1970)
Arm band
Artist not recorded
Hat
20th cent.
Dance staff (temes)
Artist not recorded
20th century (before 1970)
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